Posting for Michelle Esrick, director of this wonderful film that needs to be seen!

Hello dear friends of Saint Misbehavin’: The Wavy Gravy Movie,

If you have made made a pledge on Kickstarter.com – WE THANK YOU! Please read this email for the exciting update.

As you may know we are gearing up for our theatrical release soon. As you may also know we cannot release the film in theaters until we pay off the remainder of our licensing fees for the incredible music and archival footage you have seen and heard in the movie. If you are receiving this email, it is because you have expressed your love and support of this film and would like it to reach a wide audience.

One of the ways we are raising a portion of the funds we need is through Kickstarter.com. We set a goal to raise 25,000 by May 7th. So far we have $14,483 pledged to our project from 106 backers!!!! Here is the cool thing about Kickstarter…. THIS PROJECT WILL ONLY BE FUNDED IF AT LEAST 25,000 IS PLEDGED BY MAY 7th, 11:59 AM EDT. WE HAVE 10 MORE DAYS TO REACH OUR GOAL! IT’S ALL OR NOTHING – LET IT BE ALL!

If you love this movie and want to see it reach a wide audience, please consider making a pledge. If you have made a pledge, we thank you and ask you to invite your friends, facebook friends, twitter friends and even the old fashioned way by calling them. As independent filmmakers who do not get the backing of a big Hollywood Studio – We count on you to help us get out the films you care about. We could not do this without you!

Thank you for helping us reach our goal – to spread the magical message of this Wavy Gravy – of love and hope and keeping our sense of humor – WE can make a better world and have fun doing it!

Please call if you have any questions or comments or just want to say hello.

I was sitting in my hotel room in Siler City NC when I got a text message from Bobby Miller. “You go on at 11:30. Stage manager asked me to tell you.”

It was 10:49, and Siler City is a good half an hour from the festival.

I had no idea I had a mainstage set at 11:30. I thought I was doing a looping workshop at 5:30 and a set in the Cabaret tent at 9:15.

I leapt up, threw all my stuff in the car, and headed over. Fortunately the line of cars to get in was short, and I was able to jump the artist check-in line to get my wristband and parking pass. Jammed over to the mainstage,
thanked Bobby profusely for saving my life, set up my stuff, and we were playing live at 11:30 sharp.

Half my rig wasn’t working: the “acoustic” guitar side. I played the set in “electric” mode, which made things interesting.

It took me a few minutes to get my head straight and become present with the music, my mandolin-pickin’ partner, and the audience, but I think it was a good set.

I didn’t record that set, nor the Cabaret set. I hope someone did!

Musically, this was most satisfying. The looping workshop was great fun, although it ended prematurely when the mist turned to rain and my gear started getting wet.

I turned in early Saturday night, missing Donna the Buffalo altogether (except for their set with Preston Frank, which was of course delightful) so I could get in the road at 8am. I made it to Decatur in plenty of time for Mark van Allen‘s wedding, which was followed by a humongous jam at Eddie’s Attic. I ran out of steam and headed for bed just a few minutes before midnight, after almost five hours of music. There were still a few performers waiting to go on. What a day!

One of the workers at Shakori Hills told me he thought the staff vote was more-or-less “unanimous” last fall to invite me back, and he thinks I will be invited back again. I sure hope so: Shakori Hills is as musician-, family-, and earth-friendly a scene as you could possibly imagine. All that and Tom’s Sugar Shack, too! (Although I did not partake of the Veggie Thing nor French Toast this time around.)

You may have heard about our efforts to own the land we call Shakori Hills. Owning the land will make it easier to make improvements and to claim it as “our own.” Ours, meaning yours, everyone’s. If you have an interest in helping us with this endeavor, please feel free to write shakorihills@grassrootsfest.org or call us at 919-542-1746.

I made a donation at the festival and I am going to contact them about getting some national attention for the campaign. Even if you have never been to Shakori Hills, and even if you may never get there, I believe it is a worthy cause to support because this is a model event for our style of music festival – and for public gatherings in general. now that I think of it.

P.P.S. Bobby Miller, Jay Sanders, some other friends, and I are playing four shows in North Carolina this week. Deatils on my web page. And Bobby is finishing up a CD that I think you’re gonna like; he leaked a mix of “She Said She Said” to me last week and I was delighted!

Grateful Dead Productions, announcing Crimson, White, and Indigo – the complete concert of July 7, 1989 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Multi-camera DVD with audio newly remixed in Stereo and 5.1 surround from the multitrack masters, PLUS three audio CDs, mastered in HDCD. Crimson, White, and Indigo is available now on dead.net and in stores everywhere.

To refresh your memory, “Life Is a Jam” is a studio recording with me on guitar and vocals, Mark Karan (Jemimah Puddueduck, Ratdog) on lead guitar, Mookie Siegel (David Nelson Band) on keyboards, Joe Kyle, Jr (The Waybacks) on bass, Dave Brogan (ALO) on drums, and Zac Matthews (Hot Buttered Rum) and Bear Kittay on background vocals. The download package and promo CD contain three versions of the song, each with a unique jam – a total of about 27 minutes of music for your money!

We still have a few copies of the limited-edition promo CD available at http://www.dgans.com/liaj/
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I’m about to get on a plane for North Carolina, where I’ll play two festivals, four club dates, and my good pal Mark van Allen’s wedding bash – can’t wait!

In May, I go to the southwest for a short run of shows that ends Memorial Day weekend at the Desert Rocks Music Festival in Moab, Utah. And while I’m there, on Sunday, May 30, I will be participating in a guided bike tour of the Moab area sponsored by Rock the Earth (rocktheearth.org). Details haven’t been posted yet; stay tuned.

I’m hoping to add a gig or two to my Ohio trip in early July. If you have an Ohio venue in mind, or if you’re interested in hosting a house concert, please get in touch.

Anyway, here’s a complete list of confirmed gigs as it stands today. Details, links, and more info at http://www.dgans.com/gigs.html – and new performances are being added to the schedule as they’re confirmed.

I hope to see you at one or more of these shows, and I hope you’ll spread the word!

The All Good Festival July 8 – 11 in Masontown, WV featuring Furthur with Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, Widespread Panic, Umphrey’s McGee, Yonder Mountain, Dark Star Orchestra, Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Old Crow Medicine Show, George Clinton and P-Funk, Keller Williams, Railroad Earth, Dr. Dog, and dozens more with no overlapping sets. Complete information and All Good Festival tickets are available at allgoodfestival.com.

Grateful Dead Productions, announcing Crimson, White, and Indigo – the complete concert of July 7, 1989 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Multi-camera DVD with audio newly remixed in Stereo and 5.1 surround from the multitrack masters, plus three audio CDs, mastered in HDCD. Crimson, White, and Indigo is available now for pre-order on dead.net and in stores everywhere on 4/20.

Part 2 26:42BK3 2/24/10 KPFA Performance Studio, Berkeley CAJAM->
EYES OF THE WORLD

BK3 is Bill Kreutzmann, drums; Scott Murawski, guitar and vocals; Oteil Burbridge, bass and vocals. Bill Kreutzmann has plans this summer with a new band called 7 Walkers, and I hear he and Mickey Hart are going to be doing some Rhythm Devils, too.

Support for the Grateful Dead Hour comes this week from:

ECW Press, presenting the new book You Can’t Always Get What You Want: My Life with the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Other Wonderful Reprobates, by Sam Cutler – an all-areas-access rock memoir from someone who has seen — and done — it all as tour manager of the Rolling Stones and Grateful Dead. Available in April from bookstores across North America.

Grateful Dead Productions, announcing Crimson, White, and Indigo – the complete concert of July 7, 1989 at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. Multi-camera DVD with audio newly remixed in Stereo and 5.1 surround from the multitrack masters, plus three audio CDs, mastered in HDCD. Crimson, White, and Indigo is available now for pre-order on dead.net and in stores everywhere on 4/20.